Milk and Honey

A very touching collection of songs written and performed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Published in 1984, four years after John Lennon's death, this album is apparently Yoko Ono's effort to pay tribute to her late husband and to express their love. Yoko's song writing and singing skills were, of course, not to be compared with John's. However, this album is to be enjoyed as a whole, as an interplay between the two, like the blending of milk and honey. John Lennon's "Grow Old with Me" never fails to bring tears to my eyes every single time I listen to it. And I like "I'm Stepping Out" for its wonderful melody and rythmn. A booklet in the jewel case shows rare photos of the couple and there is also a precious radio interview of them about five hours before John Lenon was killed.

I think that a lot of people have made cynical criticisms of the couple but I think such comments have a root: jealousy. Perhaps they have never experienced true love so they don't understand it. From this album I can really feel the true love between Yoko and John. As Yoko sings in her song, "Don't be Scared":

Don't be scared
Don't be scared
Don't be scared to love
It's better to love than never love at all
Don't be scared